| 词汇 | example_english_magpie |
| 释义 | Examples of magpieThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. They will then have an idea of the preponderance of these horrible magpies which live all over the land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Experts have a strong resemblance to magpies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Present evidence, pending the outcome of further studies, is that predation by magpies is only one of a number of complex factors affecting the population of small birds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would it not be a good thing, in order to encourage the preservation of valuable bird life, to take active steps to destroy jays and magpies? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe the squirrels eat the magpies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although not closely related to the true magpies, they have therefore been referred to as magpies in the past. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Often resembling those of currawongs and magpies (but not ravens), the eggs vary in colour and pattern, measuring 48 x 32 mm. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They fly 34 weeks after hatching, feed with adults for about two months, and then fly off to join other juvenile magpies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Today black-billed magpies remain relatively tame in areas where they are not persecuted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, in 2008 a study of self-recognition in corvids reported significant results for magpies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The behaviors of the magpies clearly contrasted with no mirror present. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They were later noted to hybridise readily where their territories crossed, with hybrid grey or striped-backed magpies being quite common. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In some cases, magpies may become extremely aggressive and attack people's faces; it may become very difficult to deter these birds from swooping. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He wrote for me the parable of the magpies, and many thousands of them sold. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Time on time she was disrupted in her worshipping by magpies, and she fled from the birds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The central area contains two magpies on a brown branch in front of a sky blue background. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In one case, a group of three black-billed magpies were observed to rob a golden eagle of its prey. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The legendary dream of magpies was painted near the tomb. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In areas of recent sympatry, magpies rejected comparatively fewer cuckoo eggs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Black-billed magpies are also known to make food caches in the ground, in scatter-hoarding fashion. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Magpies typically forage on the ground, usually walking, sometimes hopping, and sometimes scratching with their feet to turn over ground litter. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Black-billed magpies nest individually, frequently toward the top of deciduous or evergreen trees. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Black-billed magpies frequent open country with thickets and scattered trees, especially riparian groves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One can spot many local birds like clarineros, toucans, chachas (wild chickens), tinamous and magpies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Until the study on magpies, self-recognition was thought to reside in the neocortex area of the brain, however, this is absent in birds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The results of the mirror and mark tests showed that neocortex-less magpies are capable of understanding that a mirror image belongs to their own body. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The findings show that magpies respond in the mirror and mark test in a manner similar to apes, dolphins and elephants. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Among the traditional magpies, there appear to be two distinct lineages. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Treepies are a distinct group of corvids externally similar to magpies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Natural predators of magpies include various species of monitor lizard and the barking owl. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Juvenile magpies begin foraging on their own three weeks after leaving the nest, and mostly feeding themselves by six months old. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Just past the entrance on either side of the courtyard are two columns with carvings of peony flowers, magpies and phoenixes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The magpies explored the mirror by moving toward it and looking behind it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The magpies would come out victorious by 11 points. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, the two magpies are far more alike in temperament than they are different. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In captivity magpies have been observed counting up to get food, imitating human voices, and regularly using tools to clean their own cages. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Magpies have been observed engaging in elaborate social rituals, possibly including the expression of grief. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Black-billed magpies breed for the first time at 1 or 2 years of age. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many magpies also died from eating poison set out for coyotes and other predators. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The unique black-and-white color pattern of the monochrome magpies is an autapomorphy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Larger quarry (such as doves and magpies) may not die immediately but succumb during feather plucking and eating. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Like magpies, they are known to pick up shiny objects such as jewellery to hoard in nests. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Qing home often appear as bats, deer, monsters and magpies, to whichever harmonics. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The most relevant studies to this day that represent self-awareness in animals have been done on chimpanzees, dolphins, and magpies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Magpies are common in suburban areas but tend toward shyness and caution in the country. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They have even been known to mob harriers and magpies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She fled from the magpies and the birds led her to the open space in the forest. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their main diet includes mice, voles, squirrels, rabbits, thrushes, magpies and shrews. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although attacks on people are not as vicious as masked lapwings and magpies, they can still result in shock or minor injury to the recipient. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The black and white stripes led to the boys being nicknamed "magpies". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies one sees determines if one will have bad luck or not. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, a white owl in the audience exposes the magpie's trick. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A group will use carolling as a signal to advertise ownership and warn off other magpies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Much energy is spent defending a territory from intruders, particularly other magpies, and different behaviours are seen with different opponents. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Magpies may indulge in beak-clapping to warn other species of birds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Magpies have even been noted to mimic human speech when living in close proximity to humans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A human lifetime passes, yet the underlying natural life - symbolised by the unchanging backdrop of the magpies' call - remains unchanging. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The reef was covered with turtle, and the island abounded with birds, consisting, principally, of doves, magpies and sea fowl. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Based on the legend of a flock of magpies forming a bridge to reunite the couple, a pair of magpies came to symbolize conjugal happiness and faithfulness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She told him that she had dreamt of the chattering of magpies, interpreted by a friar as souls in purgatory who needed a church in which to rest. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Once a year, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, a flock of magpies would form a bridge to reunite the lovers for one day. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The defending group may also resort to an aerial display where the dominant magpies, or sometimes the whole group, swoop and dive while calling to warn an intruding magpie's group. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Magpies are famous for hoarding items such as money and jewelry, although research suggests they are no more attracted to shiny things than other kinds of items. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The magpie's reproductive success was measured by number of nestlings that survived to their last visit, which was just before the nestling had been predicted to fledge from the nest. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The monk parakeet, as an invasive species, has become a problem to local fauna such as pigeons and sparrows, but not yet so harmful to magpies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The results of the mirror test showed that although magpies do not have a neocortex, they are capable of understanding that a mirror image belongs to their own body. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The final count of the hunt included two bears, two wolverines, two wildcats, 783 wolves, 409 foxes, 31 minks, nine eagles, 530 magpies, hawks and owls, and 1,026 ravens. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Magpies have to be moved some distance as almost all are able to find their way home from distances of less than 25 km (15 mi). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Another study tested the comparison of how long it took food-storing magpies to develop the object permanence necessary for them to be able to live independently. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The feelings soft as water, the ecstatic moment unreal as a dream, how can one have the heart to go back on the bridge made of magpies? From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Not only dogs and cats, but also pet monkeys, tortoises, otters, rabbits, squirrels and songbirds such as canaries, nightingales, goldfinches, larks, linnets, parrots, magpies and jackdaws. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Then, the magpie that is caught very often gets away with it too. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of these birds may be sold to provide feathers for fly tying—in particular the jay and the magpie. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a slight technical hitch, and it was thought that the amendment referred to the magpie and not the barn owl. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A man can go and walk in another man's corn, possibly in pursuit of a magpie. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am afraid that the same is true of criminals if they think they are not going to be the next magpie. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What are the chances of being the next magpie? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The most noticeable aspect of that is the magpie campaign. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not got a bulls-eye, or even an inner or a magpie, but we are on the target. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, when a gamekeeper pins up a magpie on the barn door, he finds that dead magpies do not stop live magpies stealing eggs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The jay and the magpie, though none of us like them very much, are very handsome birds, and many taxidermists are glad to get hold of a dead magpie. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The voter who votes for a candidate who nearly gets in really has a bull's-eye, and then he gets an inner, an outer and a magpie. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Other bird species, including small hawks and owls, often use old magpie nests. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The magpies won't let me scatter seed. I enjoyed this piece of bricolage as demonstrating something of the magpie mind of the artist and also as a celebration of hybridity and imperfection. I believe that the only effective way of getting rid of magpies is to use a poisoned egg. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All sorts of other animals also cause damage, such as magpies and raptors—an issue that will come back whether we like it or not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I firmly believe that in my part of the world the number of magpies has gone down enormously owing to grey squirrels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Among the greatest enemies and destroyers of bird life are the jays, the magpies, the jackdaws and the sparrow hawks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps they can be entrusted to determine what is significant, but they need guidance in statute, as, by nature, they are magpies—rightly so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am going to make one very odd suggestion about reducing the number of magpies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am getting used to the depredations of pigeons, jays and magpies in their dozens, but it does not stop at that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe you car reduce the number of magpies effectively in any other way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that one of the best services you can render to birds in this country is to reduce the number of magpies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the position about using a poisoned egg to catch magpies? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe there is any other effective way of getting rid of magpies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tremendous increase in the number of magpies and rooks is doing our wildlife a great deal of damage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The women in the women's wards are all chirruping like magpies, but the men seem to be incapable of creating this kind of community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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